Thanks, William!
William Roddy wrote:
Gary,
I don't need one of the sets because I have my own. But I second your
suggestion that Ubuntu's top notch. Hope someone picks then up. Ubuntu's
the only distro I know that gets their new versions out at precise
6-month intervals.
I'm not sure I would ever have envisioned becoming a minor evangelist
for Linux, but it has happened. Mind you, I'm not coming from the guru
perspective. But, like so many of this group's most knowledgeable
members, I can't help but get a little enthusiastic about this stuff.
Personally, I am fond of the easier, more automatic distros. That's
probably because of my background, and having become tired of fighting
PCs down to the metal every time I wanted to upgrade or install my /old/
OS. Ubuntu is almost as easy as they come. But, unlike Xandros, which I
also like, Ubuntu is more configurable without the risk of injuring the
delicate configuration.
In so many ways, it's just a great distro! I like their philosophy, too.
Not only is Ubuntu a great distro, but the project gives back to Debian-
the bug fixes, advances and what have you are all shared with the Debian
project, rather than just "ripping it off." That in my mind is one of
the strongest testimonies to their philosophy.
Anyone who hasn't tried it? This is a great chance. They had Gnome 10,
Xorg, and lots of stuff out months before Fedora.
Well, what can I say? I won't bash Fedora. It solves problems for many
companies and individual users. But, after installing and testing cores
1, 2 and 3, I really don't prefer it. It runs slower on my stuff, and it
is a pain to get XMMS working with mp3. Like I said, I've become lazy- I
do not enjoy the process of pulling my hair out and fighting an OS for
days or weeks to get everything working (the way I want it to) like I
once did. Besides, I don't have that much hair left. <grin>
With Ubuntu, it's just easy. I can tweak it to death if I want, but I
don't have to. And, for a change, it is pretty much perfect for me right
off of the CD. I had to enable the file tree view in Nautilus and add a
couple of mount / links on the desktop for my Windows shares, but that
was really it. Naturally, I installed the additional software I like to
use, such as LyX and the science-based apps.
Considering that I started with Linux in the form of Slackware in late
1997, this stuff has come a long way! And I'm very pleased to recommend
Ubuntu for just about any PC user I talk with, especially astonished
Windows users, who are fed up with the lack of security and general
abundance of vulnerabilities.
Take care!
-Gary
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